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From: "Lois Mauk" <lawofficeinformationsystem(a)worldnet.att.net>
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Subject: Re: [INPCRP-L] Hearings on the 15th
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 19:52:31 -0500
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John and Others:
I have intentionally held off on saying anything about the Indiana State
House of Representatives' Committee on Agriculture, Natural Resources and
Rural Development's tentatively scheduled hearings on Monday afternoon,
February 15th, because it has not yet been confirmed.
Because the prior session of the House this past Monday ran so long and
resulted in us having only an abbreviated opportunity to testify before the
Committee and no "specific" testimony being given with regard to any of the
pending bills, Rep. Markt Lytle said Monday night that they would try to
have more hearings on Monday, February 15.
HOWEVER, I talked today with the staff in the office of Legislative
Assistant Trevor Vance (aid to Rep. Lytle, Rep. Bottorff and several
others). The meeting, as of mid-day on Wednesday, 2/10/99, still had not
been confirmed. Allegedly, during the session late this afternoon, they
were going to decide when and exactly where additional hearings could be
held, hopefully on the 15th.
Now you know as much as I do. Perhaps tomorrow we'll be able to get
confirmation on this hearing date, time and place.
In the meantime, I hope all of you who live in or near the Indianapolis area
will try to make the sacrifice of spending your afternoon at the Capitol so
that you can all testify about the pending bills and your opinions. It's
quite an experience. (Wear comfortable shoes!)
I think the next hearing (presumably on 2/15/99) will be when all of the
big-money lobbyists, DNR representatives, opponents of the bills, etc. will
be speaking. [You'll recall there were no opposition voices heard Monday
night.] I cannot emphasize enough the vast importance of those of us who
wish to protect these sites showing up for this hearing! This is, once
again, where the rubber meets the road.
We've raised a stink, some of us got to say our piece, now they're going to
pull out the big guns (hopefully when none of us are there) to shoot this
thing to pieces.
Those of you who were at the Senate hearings a couple of weeks ago and again
on Monday saw how the Legislators automatically gravitate to the "experts".
While the Legislators are or appear to be extremely sympathetic to our
pleas, it is IMPERATIVE that we have as many people present at the next set
of hearings as humanly possible. We've got to keep the pressure on.
Once again, if you haven't already written to your Legislators and,
especially, the members of the Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural
Development Committee (who hold the very life of these bills in their
hands), please do so today. Contact information is available on the INPCRP
website at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inpcrp/pendinglegislation.html.
Thanks.
Lois
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